{
  "id": 7306794,
  "title": "Roblox plan to grow their absurd gaming empire even further by letting devs release games as \"standalone apps\", potentially via Steam, Epic, and GOG",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/roblox-plan-to-grow-their-absurd-gaming-empire-even-further-by",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:36:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/roblox-plan-to-grow-their-absurd-gaming-empire-even-further-by-letting-devs-release-games-as-standalone-apps-potentially-via-steam-epic-and-gog"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Not content with pulling in daily active user counts roughly equivalent to the population of Japan, game creation platform Roblox are planning to let developers release their games \"as standalone apps across mobile, PC, and consoles, with Roblox powering the technology and services underneath.\" The news comes via this year's Roblox Developers Conference. They are calling the new initiative…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "GamesIndustry",
        "title": "Roblox creators will soon be able to publish games on multiple platforms as standalone apps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/roblox-creators-will-soon-be-able-to-publish-games-on-multiple",
        "published": "2026-09-14T12:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}